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A 18-year-old female asked:

When i take a deep breath the left side of my back aches, the pain is right under my shoulder blade, what's wrong?

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Dr. Rifat Naghmi
Dr. Rifat Naghmianswered
Internal Medicine 48 years experience
Pain: If it has been going on for a couple of days it could either be a muscle strain or pleuritis (inflammation of the protective layer of the lungs).
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A 43-year-old member asked:

Upper right back below shoulder blade hurts when i take a deep breath?

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Dr. Edward Hellman
Dr. Edward Hellmananswered
Orthopedic Surgery 31 years experience
It depends: There are many possible causes. An irritation of a nerve in the thoracic pain can cause pain to radiate around one side of the trunk. A gallbladder problem can cause pain radiating into the right side as can a lung and kidney problem. A detailed exam and appropriate studies can usually tell the cause. Consider being checked. Thank you for the question.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Aching pain in R shoulder blade for 3 yrs, now both shoulder blades aching and right arm hurts down to my hand and sometime hurts to take deep breath?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Pain (ache) under left shoulder blade and under left breast. Gets worse with deep breath. Can't inhale fully. Is this sign of disease or muscle issue?
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A 27-year-old female asked:
I woke up with a sore chest. No caughing or sinus. The chest pain went away after a day but moved to the back/my right shoulder blade and my arm is numb. I noticed that it is more difficult to breath and it hurts when I try to breath deep.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
22y male, dull pain and ache only on left side chest, back, shoulder, neck and uper arm. No shortness of breath, nausea or dizziness. What's the dx?
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Discomfort in mid back, just below shoulder blades. Find it harder to take deep breaths & deep breaths cause discomfort in mid to left side of chest?
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